At the heart of or annual Ren Faire is a high-energy staging of A Comedy of Errors, one of William Shakespeare’s most delightfully chaotic comedies. The story follows two sets of identical twins, Antipholus and Dromio, separated at birth and unknowingly brought together in the same city years later. What begins as a simple search for family spirals into complete pandemonium as mistaken identities wreak havoc at every turn. Masters are confused for servants, husbands for strangers, and friends for enemies. Arrests, accusations, jealous spouses, and baffled merchants collide in a whirlwind of doors slamming and tempers flaring. The humor builds rapidly as each misunderstanding stacks on the last, creating a perfectly timed storm of confusion, until at last the truth is revealed and the long-lost families are joyfully reunited in a satisfying and heartwarming conclusion.
Faire open
Friday, June 19 4:30pm-8pm
Saturday, June 20 11am-8pm
Sunday, June 21 12pm-4pm
Visit the Ren Faire page for more details including a list of vendors.
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